Tess is a Melbourne based writer, director and producer. Her work includes short films and documentaries that have screened internationally at festivals including Melbourne International Film Festival, Munich Filmschoolfest, St Kilda Film Festival, Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival, and Clipped Music Video Festival (Vivid Sydney). She is an alumnus of the University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney, and works as a lecturer and tutor at The University of Melbourne.
An intimate portrait of the processes behind a site-specific version of Chekhov’s seminal work Uncle Vanya, performed in the historic home of painters Hans and Nora Heysen as part of the 2019 Adelaide Festival.
2022 / 90 mins / Australia / English / 1:78.1
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Filmmaker Tess Hutson goes on a deeply personal journey to investigate how violence manifests in relationships, families, and communities. A Place To Stand (working title) interrogates physical and non-physical violence in relationships, intimately exploring how trauma reverberates through generations.
In development with assistance from Screen Australia, Film Victoria and the New Zealand Film Commission
A filmmaker attempts to make sense of a subarctic landscape with a complex history.
2020 / Australia & Canada / English / 1.78:1
A version of this work was screened at the Dawson City International Short Film Festival, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, 2018. It was developed during the 2018 Weight of Mountains Residency.
In 1874, the crew of the British collier Euxine had to abandon ship. Lost at sea on a longboat, they resort to extreme measures in an attempt to survive.
Producer: Alexandra George
2014 / 9 mins / Australian / English, German / 1.77:1
St Kilda Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2016
Tokyo Lift-Off Online Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan, 2016
Reelgood Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2016
Munich Filmschoolfest, Munich, Germany, 2015
Dungog Festival, Dungog, Australia, 2015
Melbourne International Film Festival, Accelerator Program, Melbourne, Australia, 2015
Official Music Video: LUCIANBLOMKAMP 'From Afar'
Australia / 1.78:1
Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival, Hong Kong, 2015
Clipped Music Video Festival (Vivid Sydney), Sydney, Australia, 2016
Official Music Video: LUCIANBLOMKAMP ‘The Overman’
Australia / 1.78:1
Clipped Music Video Festival (Vivid Sydney), Sydney, Australia, 2016
2013 / 10 mins / Australia / English / 2.35:1
Producer: Ruby Railey
12th International Festival Signes de Nuit, Paris, France, 2014
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